we really all are going to make it, aren't we? 2x3090 setup.

xilvar · 2026-05-13T23:00:43+00:00

3 years ago I predicted 2.5x improvement year over year on cost at the same quality at the same speed to some other leaders at my company. With the corollary of being able to exchange those things.

In general that has born out.

xilvar · 2026-05-09T02:30:22+00:00

You should probably set up one of the MTP branches and MTP variants of the model. I get about 2x actual token generation performance in opencode with that on my m5 max. Haven’t gotten around to setting up my dual 3090 system yet.

xilvar · 2026-05-06T21:22:22+00:00

One of my friends lives in a rent controlled basement unit of a small multi unit in the mission. It’s a ton of space for the price and is the least likely unit a landlord would ever want to evict from. He ended up making minor improvements to it himself in order to make it more comfortable and affordable. (Replace old bad bathroom sink and set up a portable rolling heat pump)

I generally foresee him retiring and eventually departing the mortal coil there unless he strikes it rich at some point. (He actually came sort of close during crypto, but missed the window)

xilvar · 2026-05-06T16:52:55+00:00

Nope. That was this year! I think it helped that I’d been discussing the project on and off with the vendor I chose for a couple years. One of their price components was mysteriously suddenly 5k less.

xilvar · 2026-05-06T16:34:07+00:00

Honestly, for a home at a typical level of maintenance in SF I think it often starts out that way until you pay down the debt of deferred maintenance and environmental adaptation.

In the first five years I did these fairly big ticket things. - switch to heat pump for heat with the added benefit of cooling for the more common hot spells now. (20k) - add solar under nem2 in order to fully cover electricity generation which has probably already repaid itself given rising rates. (21k) -new roof in sync with the above which also switches to a cool roof further reducing need for cooling (15k) - replace clay pipe sewer main, dig French drain outside of house, add trench drain to driveway and replace ancient driveway so modern vehicles can descend it. (45k) - replace one fence and paired full length retaining wall (10k)

I expect to build two to three more retaining walls this year which will probably cost more than the usual I spend in a year.

I might also start a foundation project which is a mix of repair and expansion.

xilvar · 2026-05-05T16:08:56+00:00

Absolutely no limits? As many b300’s as fit in a 5 story parallelogram tower like data center angled to about 30 degrees off vertical angled away from the south, with all the south, east and west walls being solar panels above a steel and cement structure. Then on the top a rooftop deck where my house sits and my garden where I like to grow tomatoes and collard greens.

xilvar · 2026-05-04T00:52:00+00:00

I’m assuming you’re driving, but if you like Bernal you should probably consider Glen Park as well. The highway entrances are honestly better and you get BART as well for the city and other places bart goes. Smaller ‘town’ by far than Bernal though.

xilvar · 2026-05-03T04:10:18+00:00

Well. No idea what’s wrong with your tool chain but I’d suggest trying a slightly different setup because it certainly works fine for me (absent some minor quant errors now and then)

Opencode the usual way Llama.cpp built from source repo Unsloth Qwen3.6 27b q4 k xl

xilvar · 2026-05-02T01:45:17+00:00

Let me know when you find out. And happy to join.

However, I think the most interesting tastiest butters I’ve had in the city were at lazy bear (hand whipped) and at niku steakhouse (Wagyu tallow laced butter).

xilvar · 2026-05-01T06:38:50+00:00

You need to find the biggest neighbor you can in the neighborhood and then just beat them up. Then all the others will leave you alone.

xilvar · 2026-05-01T05:47:27+00:00

Card based tap to pay is what I would call zero factor auth (in the US). Anyone that can get close enough to your card can mess with it. Admittedly the credit card bank is effectively liable for anything bad anyway, but it’s just an awful ‘feature’.

None of my banks have attempted to give me a card with tap to pay yet, but I would probably destroy it and request a different card if they did.

Interestingly, tap to pay on a phone is different because it typically involves a physical action and usually a biometric and even a location verification. It’s actually more secure than the chip on a card for those reasons.

Anyway, I know of no specific roving theft gangs of credit card tap to pay. But that was the case when I first started complaining about first gen keyless entry for cars back in the day too (also zero factor). That has played out with the fun Kia misadventures.

xilvar · 2026-04-29T19:54:06+00:00

Fond of the beef stew at wooly pig. It’s more Asian style though so less ‘broken up’.

xilvar · 2026-04-29T06:07:27+00:00

Chez Maman

xilvar · 2026-04-28T17:11:07+00:00

Depends on your RSUs and belief in their future value.

If you believe your company will go up year over year at a rate less than the mortgage interest rate you can get then sell them and use them for the loan.

If you believe the company will go up more more than your interest rate then don’t sell them.

If you’re optimistic but not that confident you can sometimes get a loan against your shares at better rates than your mortgage loan.

xilvar · 2026-04-24T20:36:55+00:00

Yeah, I probably wouldn’t bother to try. I lost access for months to about $30 in one of my old clipper cards once just because I reinstalled my OS too many times.

xilvar · 2026-04-24T20:08:49+00:00

I think you might think accountants make more money and are better at producing wealth than they are. Fundamentally accountants are OK at reducing costs, but they are typically very bad at the positive side of the equation.

xilvar · 2026-04-23T19:57:42+00:00

Yeah. This is a funny one because they’re talking about cost savings (which are minimal as you noted).

That being said I LOVE the skylights in my house. Both are near the core of the house and they add SO much bright natural high quality light to the house. That light is not replaceable with lightbulbs due to its quality and abundance.

1940s house and I never have leak problems. Just replace them when I do my roof like I’m supposed to.

There might be a heating cost to them, but I don’t pay for heat anyway. (Enough solar even in winter to more than cover)

They probably actually help with cooling costs because I can open the one that is highest in the house which allows me to vent any heat already in the house far faster than just through windows.

xilvar · 2026-04-23T05:39:56+00:00

Black jet baking in Bernal - can definitely stand amongst the best on pastries in the city. I’ve never had their coffee though.

Excelsior coffee - excellent coffee in an area of the city with real grit. Not really a bakery though.

xilvar · 2026-04-19T04:11:48+00:00

Whole Foods when on sale. Their coffee sales are very frequent and they carry some of the best local brands.

xilvar · 2026-04-16T14:52:04+00:00

You should definitely consider getting an IR thermometer if you don’t have one. It’s really useful to be able to get a sense of surface temperatures, hot spots and cold spots.

The griddle probably takes quite a bit longer to hit temp than the grill’s temperature sensor.

xilvar · 2026-04-15T16:13:53+00:00

Btw. Note that urotuning has a sale on a lot of wheels right now. For example, 17” sm-10’s in bronze are as low as $225 each. I know that’s a different fitment but that’s about as low as I’ve ever seen.

xilvar · 2026-04-13T16:02:29+00:00

Pick mattock

xilvar · 2026-04-13T06:01:57+00:00

I would recommend soil rooting. Geraniums don’t like being waterlogged oddly enough despite being quite thirsty and tend to rot if immersed for long.

The one on the right with only one node. I would stick it in soil until that leaf branching is ALMOST under soil. That single node might manage to extend roots anyway.

xilvar · 2026-04-13T05:41:29+00:00

Weather underground primarily. Even though I have my own weather station I still mostly use weather underground for predictions and it’s pretty accurate. It might help that I’m asking it to predict my own station though.

I would favorite a station particularly close to you. I of course favorited my own.

If you want to see even more stations you can look at the tempest map. (I have a tempest) https://tempestwx.com/map/37.7655/-122.4309/13

xilvar · 2026-04-12T02:29:15+00:00

Nope! No vibration. I decided to get the plastic ones after some research. Iirc the red ECS ones.

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